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“It doesn’t make a difference if it is a man or a woman. She’s playing an alien! I don’t think if it was someone of a different race, people would be as up in arms. It seems to be a bit blown out of proportion to me.”

Angela Smith, 60, HR and finance officer Scraptoft

“If she plays the part as good as any man – no different.”

Michaela De Gouveiahussein, 18, student South Wigston

“They’ve all been quite different in character anyway. It probably will make a difference, but I don’t think it’s a bad difference.”

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Hannah Spiers, 18, Countesthorpe

“I think we should be giving more females the opportunity but I do think it might change the show quite dramatically. I think it’s good for children watching it to have new role models to aspire to but I’m not sure what the older viewers will think – we’ll have to wait and see.”

Ciaran Higgins, 21, graduate Leicester city centre

“I don’t watch it! But I can say it wouldn’t affect me in any way if I did watch it. As far as I know the Doctor is just some entity – it doesn’t even matter what body he’s in.”

Gina Khan, 26, Carer Highfields

“I’d have preferred him to be a male but it might be quite interesting to see a female taking over the role. He was quite adventurous, quite cool and so, in that sense, I’d like to see how the female takes over.”